Archive for the ‘Bizarre’ Category

Police in California arrested a “criminal Santa” who had to be rescued from the chimney of a business he allegedly intended to burgle.

The Citrus Heights Police Department said officers responded with the Sacramento Metro Fire Department on Wednesday to a business where a man had called 911 from his cellphone while lodged inside the chimney.

Firefighters used “specialized equipment” to hoist the man, Rocklin resident Jesse Berube, 32, out of the chimney.

Police said the man had attempted to shimmy down the chimney to gain access to the business, which was closed at the time, but found he was wedged in place and could move neither up nor down. More

An 82-year-old man, who was stuck in an elevator for nearly a month despite pushing the emergency button twice, was found dead last week after people reported a foul smell.

Isaak Komisarchik had been missing since July 5. Between the morning of July 6 and August 2, Komisarchik is believed to have died after he was unable to escape an elevator, possibly because of dementia.

Elevator repair workers finally discovered his body after multiple residents of the Woodstream Village apartments reported a terrible smell coming from the parking-garage. More

A small and furry “masked bandit” from Georgia has continued to evade capture after breaking into a Virginia prison.

Staff at the Virginia Beach Correctional Center said the raccoon, aptly nicknamed Bandit, stowed away in a truck delivering a toolbox to the facility and managed to sneak onto the grounds through a small hole, WAVY reported.

Since breaking into the facility, Bandit has made regular appearances near the jail canteen, where snacks for inmates are stored, and has set up a home between two buildings. More